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  NORTH POLE WOMEN FIND TRAINING TIRING 
  Members of the first all-woman        
  expedition to the North Pole are in   
  final training on Dartmoor before     
  setting off to the fro:jn waster.     
                                        
  The women have been dragging tykes    
  actors the wildjtnjss as they prepare 
  to pull 120lb sledges in temperatures 
  as low as minus 45 degrees centigrade.
                                        
  They are members of the 20-strong     
  McVities Penguin Polar relay, chosen  
  from 60 hopefuls after a tough trial. 
  They leave Britain on Fjdruary 28.    
                                        
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